The Outer Limits (1963):

The Outer Limits (1963): Demon With A Glass Hand

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A man with a glass hand attempts to unravel the mystery of who he is. Read full recap »

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Guest Star:: Robert Fortier (Budge); Arlene Martel (Consuela Biro); Abraham Sofaer (Arch); Robert Culp (Trent); Bill Hart (Durn); Wally Rose (Kyben #1); Fred Krone (Kyben #2); Rex Holman (Battle)

In the opening narration, the word "Sumerican" is used by mistake instead of Sumerian. This was due to a typing error during production of the scripts. edit »

The similarities between the story lines in this episode and The Terminator caused a dispute between writer Harlan Ellison and director James Cameron when Ellison claimed that Cameron had used elements from this episode and episode 33, 2-1, Soldier without giving credit. The dispute ended when Ellison was given partial writing credit for the film. edit »
1966 WGA Award (TV) Winner: This episode garnered Harlan Ellison a Writers Guild of America award for best writing for a TV Anthology, Any Length. edit »
The building where this was filmed is the same that was used for the cat and mouse game between Deckard and Roy in Bladerunner. It has appeared in quite a few movies. edit »
Ellison originally discussed doing a sequel for the TV series Babylon 5, which would have shown Trent coming to the station while still pursued by the Kyben. (The title that was announced was "Demon on the Run". Ellison says that this was never the title) These plans never materialized. edit »

Control Voice: (closing narration) Like the Eternal Man of Babylonian legend, like Gilgamesh, one thousand plus two hundred years stretches before Trent. Without love. Without friendship. Alone: neither man nor machine, waiting. Waiting for the day he will be called to free the humans who gave him mobility. Movement, but not life. edit »
Control Voice: (opening narration) Through all the legends of ancient peoples--Assyrian, Babylonian, Sumerian, Semite--runs the saga of the Eternal Man, the one who never dies, called by various names in various times, but historically known as Gilgamesh, the one who has never tasted death...the hero who strides through the centuries... edit »